Providing additional funding and staff for Illinois jails to handle inmates' medical needs has been a challenge at the state and federal level.
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- DREW ZIMMERMAN ANALISA TROFIMUK
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Illinois jails continue to struggle with the mental health needs of their inmate population, particularly when detainees are unfit to stand trial.
- ANALISA TROFIMUK DREW ZIMMERMAN
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Families, sheriffs and providers agree: jail is often the default response to addiction, even as withdrawal can become a medical emergency.
- Linda Childers for Rula
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Rula reports that holiday financial stress affects many, with tips for management including budgeting, seeking support, and prioritizing well-being.
- Tim Steller
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For Star subscribers: If moderate Democrats are replaced by progressives on the Tucson City Council, the city's governing conventional wisdom could be locked in. And new ideas could be locked out.
- Adia Taylor Optum — Arizona
September marks Suicide Prevention Week (Sept. 7-13), and according to the Arizona Department of Health Services, an estimated 1 million Arizo…
- Dr. Nicole Brady UnitedHealthcare
With school back in session, many parents watch their teens prepare for major life transitions. Some are getting ready for college, while othe…
- Arizona Daily Star
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Mental health is now discussed more openly than it once was. Mental illness or issues that affected mental health used to be stigmatized, and …
- Richard Crislip Optum — Arizona
As families across Southern Arizona are sending their children back to school, most parents are thinking about school supplies, class schedule…
- Dan Crisler World-Herald Staff Writer
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Lane Kugler has forgiven his son-in-law for stabbing to death his only daughter and two grandsons. But he has nothing but contempt for the mental health system in the U.S.
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